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Welcome
to
our
daily
feature,
Quote
of
the
Day.
Law
is
a
profession
that,
unlike
some
others,
operates
continually
under
the
strain
of
disagreement.
Doctors
cooperate
and
coordinate
to
deal
with
patients.
Engineers
work
together
to
build
a
bridge.
But
litigants
and
their
lawyers
are
pitted
against
one
another
on
opposite
sides.
That
doesn’t
sound
like
an
advertisement
for
law
school,
that
sounds
a
little
bleak.
—
Justice
Amy
Coney
Barrett,
in
comments
given
during
the
Seventh
Circuit
Judicial
Conference,
where
she
went
on
to
say
that
lawyers
learn
how
to
argue
“without
letting
it
consume
relationships,”
and
that
she’s
“grateful
to
the
way
our
bar
conducts
itself
in
that
regard,
because
that
is
what
enables
the
judicial
system
to
work
well,
that
collegiality.”
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